Photo © Sasha Arutyunova 2012
It’s been a while since we’ve had a Friday Cover Up – so let’s
have two!
First up we have Brooklyn six-piece pop explosion Landlady,
who have just released the single ‘Above My Ground’. The band was started by 24
year old Adam Schatz, who has played keys and horns with the likes of Sleigh
Bells, Those Darlins, Will Sheff and Twin Shadow, but this little experiment is
all his own. The vegetable based video for the single is below. But we are here
for the B-side as well, which is an amazingly epic version of The Pixies’ ‘Oh
My Golly’, which is beautifully original in approach and conception. Every time
I listen to it my chest swells – I feel like I'm about to watch a VHS tape of a
lost Sergio Leone film. Weird, but true. Great stuff.
Now on to one of my favourite local bands, No Anchor. They
have done some recordings of late and will be appearing on some splits and singles
in the near future (more on that later), but in one final sweep of that
apocalyptic cupboard they have collated all the remixes, live tracks and
rarities that they like and put it onto a cassette titled The John Dominance
Tapes (which you can still grab here). It’s very very good, especially when other artists get involved. Two of
the tracks I’ve decided to put here. One is a remix by one of NA’s bassists
Donovan Miller of the track ‘Key Cutter’ off their last (and excellent) LP Real
Pain Supernova. And one is a live version of 'ACWOWTFE' by another great local act,
scrap rock duo Tiny Spiders. Really great takes on aggressive, intense music –
one ethereal yet unsettling, the other a slightly lighter shade of darkness
from the original. Both are damned ace.
Have a great weekend folks! Be sure to check the site this
weekend for some more excellent, left of centre sound – that is right, I’m back
on the clock!!
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